Over 35 lakh people across 28 of the state’s 33 districts have been affected by the Assam floods. The official state’s tally said 76 people have died in the flood-related incidents.
Dhubri is the worst-hit district with over 8.92 lakh people affected, followed by 4.43 lakh in Goalpara and 4.30 lakh in Barpeta.
At present, 3,014 villages are under water and 1,27,955.33 hectares of crop areas have been affected across Assam, the ASDMA said.
The Brahmaputra river is flowing above the danger mark at Dhubri and Goalpara cities, at Nimatighat in Jorhat and at Tezpur in Sonitpur districts, while the Barak river is flowing above the danger mark at AP Ghat in Cachar and at Badarpurghat in Karimganj.
The total number of people losing their lives in this year’s flood and landslides in the state has gone up to 102.
The authorities are running 711 relief camps and distribution centres across 24 districts, where 51,421 people have taken shelter.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday forecasted that heavy rains over Assam will continue till July 21.
The flood-affected districts are Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Darrang, Baksa, Nalbari, Barpeta, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, South Salmara, Goalpara, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Morigaon, Nagaon, Hojai, Golaghat, Jorhat, Majuli, Sivasagar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Karbi Anglong, West Karbi Anglong and Cachar.
The deluge has so far taken away the lives of 86 animals of different species in Kaziranga National Park and Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park.
The flood has also affected 31,48,133 domestic animals and poultry across the state during the last 24 hours.